Nelson Mandela was buried today in a private ceremony in his family’s ancestral home in Qunu. “A great tree has fallen, he is going home to his forefathers,” said Chief Ngangomhlaba Matanzima, a family spokesman who spoke.
An estimated 4,500 people attended the private ceremony, which included family and heads of state.
Today’s ceremony is the last of the 10-day commemoration for Mandela, who died on December 5 at the age of 95.
South African military helicopters and jets flew by just before his casket was lowered into the ground, and canons fired a 21-gun salute. Hundreds of villagers watched the funeral from a large screen nearby, and one woman cried “who will be our father?” during the ceremony. Read more at BBC News.
{Andy Heller-Matzav.com Newscenter}
Nice Dolphins win today. Why do they have to give me acid indigestion, though?
Good riddance.
Now Obama will probably want to declare a new American holiday in memory of Mandela. Anything to get the citizenry to not work and depend more on government handouts.
This proves you can be best buddies with Arafat and Castro and still be treated generally as a saint. Standards have fallen.